Now that Maxine Waters and her supporters are throwing out the race card in her defense-as well as Charlie Rangel's, we must prepare ourselves for another ugly period in which (at least) Ms. Waters will subject us to another round of charges of racism. That is her specialty. Is this what we expected when President Obama was elected in 2008? Didn't America expect a new era in race relations-a post racial era? If you did, you were foolish.
I am not trying to draw a connection between President Obama and the alleged corruption of Rangel and Waters. Yet, some facts must be remembered. During the election, a majority of Americans chose to ignore or overlook the controversy surrounding Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright. Obama assured us he had never heard such hate-filled words spoken during the Sundays he was present in the pew-over a period of 20 years. The majority of the American people made up their minds that electing Obama was what the country needed to do at that point in time. When it happened, we all basked in the positive reaction of the rest of the world. We were rightly proud to feel that we had turned a big page in our troubled racial history (even those like me who had voted against him.)
So where do we stand today? Those who oppose Obama's socialist policies are dismissed as racists who can't accept the idea of having a black president. Never mind that we would have been thrilled to have a black president like Condoleeza Rice (At least I would have been thrilled.)
Look at what has happened and is happening now. The Obama administration, using the Justice Department, is suing the state of Arizona for trying to do what the federal government would not do-stop the insanity going on at the Mexico-US border-especially in Arizona. As a result, Arizona officials are called racists.
We see a Justice Department under Eric Holder shutting down the prosecution of members of the New Black Panther Party caught on tape intimidating whites at a polling place. There are allegations that DOJ will not prosecute civil rights cases where the victims are white.
Then we have the famous Capitol Hill Health Care bill signing event with the non-spitting incident and the 15 n-bombs that no recorder could pick up. But Rep. Andre Carson and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver say they clearly heard it. Meanwhile, Andrew Breitbart's $100,000 reward for audio proof remains unclaimed.
Then we have the Shirley Sherrod fiasco with charges of racism flying everywhere. The White House is busy covering their behinds and blaming everything on Tom Vilsack even though Sherrod says that the Agriculture official who demanded her resignation (Cheryl Cook) told her the White House wanted her resignation ten minutes ago. The White House denies it. Of course, the one person who could shed light on that question, Ms Cook, is hidden away in the Witness Protection Program.
Now Maxine Waters, the Black Congressional Caucus, and perhaps Charlie Rangel are sharpening up that race card to cover up for their alleged malfeasance.
So here is my question; have race relations improved or worsened since Obama took office? Of course, the left has settled on their talking point that it is all due to the white racist tea-partiers. I disagree. The problem is that he and his cohorts are doing what we should have known they would do when we were introduced to Reverend Wright. They are playing racial politics, just as we should have expected that community organizer from Chicago to do. They are dividing this country by race, ethnicity, economic class and however else they can divide it. Oppose Obama's policies and you are a racist. Demand the border be secured and you are a racist. Charge black politicians with malfeasance and you are a racist. Oppose a mosque at Ground Zero and you are a racist Islamophobe (however that term is defined). Participate at a tea party and you are a racist. Oppose government health care and you are a racist.
President Obama, you are taking us back to the 1960s. You have done the exact opposite of what millions of people who voted for you thought you would do.
Thanks for "bringing us together", Mr President.
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I watched every You-Tube of Jeremiah Wright I could find when he suddenly became an issue. I don't know what all the fuss was about. What bothered me about Wright was elbowing his way into the limelight when the whole controversy was dying down -- I'm convinced he found it a genuine threat to his entire world view that a member of his church could actually be elected, quite aside from the ego boost of being interviewed by Bill Moyers.
I don't think the Tempest in a Tea Party fad is motivated by racism. I do think their "just say no to everything" mantra is an obstacle to bringing anyone together to accomplish anything. However, I think when the election results are in, we will find that they aren't such a big deal as they think they are. I just hope Obama has the good sense to appeal over their heads to the "real people."
"I don't know what all the fuss was about." (Jeremiah Wright)
!!!???!!!
"I just hope Obama has the good sense to appeal over their heads to the "real people."
And just who are these real people Obama is speaking to?
Among others, all the people in red states who don't like federal agents looking over their library records. The people who gave Obama a majority in North Carolina, Indiana, Colorado...
...and before John McCain opened a different door for her, Sarah Palin was mumbling to reporters that she didn't mind Obama showing strength in Alaska, because she didn't get along with the Republican establishment. I bet there are non-celebrities who still think like that in Alaska.
Siarlys sounds like a DNC Talking Points dispenser to me.
Rev. Wright no big deal??? What about "God DAMN America"? and "America's chickens came home to roost on 9/11"? What did the Journal Blog say? Suppress the Rev. Wright deal ... Move along, nothing to see here.
Tea Party is just a "Tempest..."? Passing fad? Well, I've been to only one of them and I have never seen such a bunch of ordinary people of all stripes and economic circumstances who were so engaged and animated and, yes, let me also disclose without any embarrassment... patriots! They gave the Pledge of Allegiance and sang America, the Beautiful. Imagine that, how stupid and meaningless!!! (says the DNC).
We'll see truly in November, whether or not there is a significant gain for Conservatives and corresponding loss for the Liberals.
Obama has been a catastrophe in every dimension. His foreign policy is alienating our allies and encouraging our enemies and generally weakening us. His domestic agenda has resulted in a Left Wing agenda gone wild. We are significantly deeper in debt and the policies have not improved the economy... it is worse since he took over. He turned a disaster into a catastrophe. His personal and family extravagances at the expense of taxpayers is, or should be, an embarrassment to the Democratic Party as well as to all black people.
I believe he has made race relations worse in this country. He reminds us in so many of his actions of the universal cheering in the black community when OJ Simpson was acquitted in his murder trial. It didn't matter that he was truly guilty, he was a black man who got away with murder. It is like it doesn't matter that he favors blacks in most of his appointments, spends our money like a drunk, etc., etc., and he gets away with it. The black support for him is still in the 90's no matter what. What does that say for race relations? It says to me that blacks are more racist than we are because they support him no matter what, only because he is black.
Facts are stubborn things.
I'm sorry Miggie, but for you to accuse Siarlys of being a "talking points dispenser" and then following it up with THAT diatribe is the height of irony. Siarlys is the one thing that "conservatives" hate the most - somebody who's thoughtful and complex. And no, I don't always agree with him, but even when I disagree, I still recognize his points as being thoughtful.
I also didn't see the Wright thing as a big deal. I don't like getting into the reasons why, because then it sounds like I'm defending him. I think the man is a boob, but I think that he's an inconsequential boob. I also think that there was too much focus on a 30 second clip of him. I had read an article from a white guy who had visited the church on several occasions and said that was hardly typical of the experience that he had there. (And this guy even started by saying that he was NOT an Obama supporter.)
Regarding the Tea Party, time indeed will tell. Recently I read an article about how much influence they're expected to have. If the Independents they have are what I, and many others suspect, are Independents who always vote Republican anyway, then I really don't see how much of a major difference they can be expected to have. We'll see though. I still think that the next election will be close (as far as the popular vote goes).
Miggie, you got your "ordinary people" and I got my "ordinary people." From the diverse cast of characters I rub elbows with, I'd say the Tempest in a Tea Party are a bunch of narcissists preaching to each other about what a big deal they all are. Next November we'll find out that the fad is a big empty windbag.
I have no problem with Wright talking about chickens coming home to roost. It was true in two senses: America had been a bit of a bully enough times that when WE were legitimately outraged at what a very dangerous crew did to us, a lot of people were indisposed to leap to our side. More importantly, as I've pointed out, George Bush's terrorists were Ronald Reagan's freedom fighters. We armed, trained, funded, and brought to global attention the very lines of thought and action that were turned against us.
As for "God damned America," that is something any preacher can say from their own pulpit, and it was an observation, not a prayer. Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell have said no less, although they, of course, meant "liberal" America, not "their" American.
I hate to follow up my own comment, but here is an article I'd like Gary to respond to, from deep in the heart of Texas:
http://www.texasobserver.org/purpletexas/welcome-to-texas-mr-obama
I think it's a ridiculous article.
Darn, I though you had more intelligence, insight, patriotism, and genuine concern for law and order than that. You disappoint me sir. Maybe the whole Tea Party fad is as subversive and dangerous as you've been telling us they're not.
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